Duncan Stewart

Duncan Antonio Stewart Agell (1833-1923) was President of Uruguay from 1 to 21 March 1894, succeeding Julio Herrera y Obes and preceding Juan Idiarte Borda. He was a member of the Colorado Party of Uruguay.

Biography
Duncan Antonio Stewart Agell was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina in 1833 to a Scottish father and an Uruguayan mother. He later moved to Uruguay and became a civil servant and a politician, and he became a Senator in 1890 and served as President of the Senate in 1891 and 1894. In the latter year, he served as interim President after Julio Herrera y Obes' resignation and until Juan Idiarte Borda could assume office. He died in 1923.